Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

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ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
Miss ELEANOR H. HARRISON, q grad
uate of Smith College. will fill the
position of teacher of composition and
rhetoric at the Buffalo Female Acad.
| envy.
Mrs. MARYS. KNAGGs edits 'Wom.
ans World column in the Bay City
(Mich.) Tribune, which is rich with
varied interest, and well sustained
Romans Journal.
NORA NJ. CROWLEY. If Cincinnati.
sister of Rev. Father Crowley, former.
ly of St. Patrick's Catholic Church. has
applied for naturalization papers in or
der to perfect her application for a
Government appointment.
FANNY KEMBLE is living in England
A visit from her is expected at Lenox,
Mass, and the people there will give
her warm reception. The clock and
bell in the tower of the Congregational
Church were present from her.
Mrs. FRANCES HODGsON BURNETT
will contribute a short serial to the
coming volume of ST. Nicholas, which
is said to be a worthy successor of that
authors famous ''Little Lord Fauntle-
roy" which appeared in ST Nicholas a
year ago.
Miss LAvINIA NJ HORTON was elect
ed school trustee, at Portchester, N. Y.
More votes were cast on that occasion
than at the Presidential election. The
vote was two hundred and twenty-nine
larger than was ever cast in the dis
trict before.
Mrs. LUCAS. of London, Miss WILL
ARD, of Chicago. and Mrs. HAsNAH
WHITEHALL SMITH, of Philadelphia,
have issued circular in which they
ask Christian women everywhere to
observe November II and Is as days
of prayer for divine blessing upon
every form of temperance work in the
world.
Miss ANNA c. BRACKET has been
writing recently on the luxury that is
being introduced into some education
al establishments. Miss Bracket re-
CARDS it as possible to make a person
too comfortable for his work. I'm
school," she says. 1.-THE teach is there
to teach, not to receive, nor to rest.
AS well have sofas and arm-cnairs in
any Workshop" she adds, and she be-
lieves. for the forging of character,
we need the anvil and all the surround
ings of labor.
Mrs. MARY HAYNES Jones, wife of
the late Prof. William P. Jones, former
president of the Northwestern Female
College, at Evanston. ILL.,, and Miss
Lydia l. Jones, their adopted daugh-
ter. an alumna of the Northwestern
University, have continued to carry on
the institution. Mrs. Jones has now
become its president. At the recent
commencement of the Northwestern
University. she received the degree of
A. NJ. She graduated in 1851, from
Mt HOlyOke Seminary, and has been
in educational and literary work ever
since.
Miss ELAINE GooDALB. who is spend
ing the first vacation she has allowed
herself since she began work among
the Indians in lecturing on the Indian
question in the East, is doing her best
to elevate the tone Of the day-schools
maintained on the reservations. At
Lower Brule. d. T., whore some 1900
Indians are settled. she has had full
classes and unusal success. She IL
there but sixty miles or 80 from Miss
Grace Howard. daughter of Joe How
ard, the journalist, who. at Crow Greek,
has undertaken kindred work. the
introduction of simple remunerative
industries among Indian girls.
Miss LUCY SALMON. the new Profes.
scr of History at Vassar College. is
woman with future. Her book, 1.-The
Appointing Power Of the President"
is the clearest monograph that has ap-
peared on that difficult subject. and is
noteworthy production for one of the
non-political sex. Miss Salmon is
graduate of Michigan University and
fellow of Bryn Mawr College. 1t is
curious. by the way. that seven of the
ten fellowships open to competition in
that woman's college are held by grad
yates of co-educational schools. Miss
Salmon is fine-looking. with q clear.
open face. physically and mentally
healthy, and steadfast looking.